Winter Birds

[Pam]

Hiya all...i know i haven't posted for a while...
Christmas & New Years was really sick with the flu...hung on for quite some time...broke car...lol..can't venture out far...too cold anyways...
I did find some time to sit out in my blind though...that little heater sure comes in handy...
I got this shot the other day...& the wind chill was 7 degrees...lol...was a heat wave though compared to when that polar vortex came down over us...
Male Downy Woodpecker


These other photos I took before Christmas...

Blue Jay


Carolina Wren...he's my buddy, has visited me by coming in my little zippered door I shoot from & even landed on my lens, lol...very curious


Carolina Wren again only I put some texture ( canvas) to this shot as it didn't come out very sharp...


& another with texture ( canvas)
White-breasted Nuthatch

[skutterbug]

Love the shots Pam...I haven't been backyard birding...but did go to the zoo and Busch Gardens in the past few days...Geezzz...I'm tired...diget some bird shots...but concentrated mostly on other stuff...will post some up later...Most, all but Busch Gardens are loaded up on Photobucket already...Just gotta get my butt in gear.

[Pam]

Jan 21, 2014 22:41:59 GMT skutterbug said:

Love the shots Pam...I haven't been backyard birding...but did go to the zoo and Busch Gardens in the past few days...Geezzz...I'm tired...diget some bird shots...but concentrated mostly on other stuff...will post some up later...Most, all but Busch Gardens are loaded up on Photobucket already...Just gotta get my butt in gear.

Thanks Joan...   get your butt in gear ...lol...
this cold weather has been keeping me inside...well & no car...I hate wishing time away, but i am honestly ready for some warmer days...C'mon Spring...
I bet ya had fun at the zoo & Busch Gardens...was it crowded there ?

[skutterbug]

Jan 22, 2014 11:18:21 GMT Pam said:

Jan 21, 2014 22:41:59 GMT skutterbug said:

Love the shots Pam...I haven't been backyard birding...but did go to the zoo and Busch Gardens in the past few days...Geezzz...I'm tired...diget some bird shots...but concentrated mostly on other stuff...will post some up later...Most, all but Busch Gardens are loaded up on Photobucket already...Just gotta get my butt in gear.

Thanks Joan...   get your butt in gear ...lol...
this cold weather has been keeping me inside...well & no car...I hate wishing time away, but i am honestly ready for some warmer days...C'mon Spring...
I bet ya had fun at the zoo & Busch Gardens...was it crowded there ?

Not too bad...Lots of foreign visitors...and I didn't get lost getting there...LOL...I wasn't all that thrilled with the photo opportunities there...shooting through thick glass walls...smudged with fingerprints...couldn't get anything sharp as far as photo's went...but did the best I could...It was a nice day...in the low 70's, only had one short rainfall...Just needed the sweatshirt I was wearing...some were there in shorts and tank tops...Must have been the Canadians...LOL

[steved]

Some stunning shots here Pam......love the Carolina Wren........and the woodpecker.......do you make your own bark butter?

[Pam]

Jan 22, 2014 18:53:06 GMT steved said:

Some stunning shots here Pam......love the Carolina Wren........and the woodpecker.......do you make your own bark butter?

Thanks Steve   That Wren is so neat...& curious...yeah gotta love them...
Yeah i make my own home made suet cakes...& I have that log that I stuff suet into the holes that was drilled in...they all love it...I actually wanted a log with coarser tree bark...but the red belly & these little Downy woodies don't have a problem holding on to the smooth bark of this log i used...